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The white-breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) is a species of cormorant closely related to the widely distributed great cormorant.While debate persists over whether it constitutes a distinct species or a regional variant of the great cormorant, its distinguishing features include a white breast and a preference for freshwater habitats among its subpopulations. [2]
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White-breasted cormorant. Phalacrocorax lucidus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) the Cape Verde Islands to Guinea-Bissau and from Angola to the Cape of Good Hope and northwards on the east coast to Mozambique. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Great cormorant or black shag Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Indian cormorant: Phalacrocorax fuscicollis: 18 Cape cormorant: Phalacrocorax capensis: 19 Japanese cormorant: Phalacrocorax capillatus: 20 White-breasted cormorant: Phalacrocorax lucidus: 21 Great cormorant: Phalacrocorax carbo: 22 European shag: Gulosus aristotelis: 23 Flightless cormorant: Nannopterum harrisi: 24 Neotropic cormorant ...
English: Four adult White-breasted cormorants in breeding plumage, and one immature bird (behind), in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. The second bird from left shows dark gular skin, as it is coming into breeding condition.
Adult in breeding plumage with white crests Juvenile plumage, California. The double-crested cormorant is a large waterbird with a stocky body, long neck, medium-sized tail, webbed feet, and a medium-sized hooked bill. It has a body length of between 70 and 90 cm (28 and 35 in) long, with a wingspan of between 114 and 123 cm (45 and 48 in).
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The European shag or common shag (Gulosus aristotelis) is a species of cormorant.It is the only member of the monotypic genus Gulosus. [2] It breeds around the rocky coasts of western and southern Europe, southwest Asia and north Africa, mainly wintering in its breeding range except for the northernmost birds.